Originality Never Sounded So Good
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Trump said he called off a big immigration "surge" after speaking with San Francisco tech billionaires and Mayor Daniel Lurie. Will raids still happen in other cities?
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State Senator Scott Weiner announced earlier this week that he will be running next year for Congress in California’s 11th district – the same seat held by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.
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We hear from previous winners of the prestigious award for artists from the UK and Ireland.
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On this week’s episode, we hear from three artists and their experience of Blackness across the globe.
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"Bust of a Woman with a Flowered Hat," a vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar, had remained hidden from public view for more than eight decades.
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The dazzling aerial photos honored by the 2025 Siena awards offer "new ways of seeing familiar places," as one judge puts it.
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For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.)
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Prescription drug ads were once banned on broadcasts. But companies argued that infringed on free speech, and the drugs could help people. The FDA now permits pharmaceutical ads.
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